Stear corp. purchases goods on credit for $2,000. it records this transaction in the journal. it then returns a quarter of these goods to the vendor because they were defective. how will the accountant record the transaction of returning the defective goods in the journal? a. accounts receivable account (debit) 2,000 purchase return account (credit) 2,000 b. purchase return account (debit) 2,000 accounts receivable account (credit) 2,000 c. accounts payable account (debit) 2,000 purchase return account (credit) 2,000 d. purchase return account (debit) 2,000 accounts payable account (credit) 2,000

Robert black, regional manager for ford in texas and oklahoma, faced a dilemma. the ford f-150 pickup truck was the best-selling pickup ever, yet ford's headquarters in detroit had decided to introduce a completely redesigned f-150. how could mr. black sell both trucks at the same time? he still had "old" f-150s in stock. in his advertising, mr. black referred to the new f-150s as follows: "not a better f-150. just the only truck good enough to be the next f-150." this statement represents ford's of the new f-150.

Amethod of allocating merchandise cost that assumes the first merchandise bought was the first merchandise sold is called the a. last-in, first-out method. b. first-in, first-out method. c. specific identification method. d. average cost method.

Brian has just finished college. he wants to set up a small business to make and sell fireworks. he registers his company and acquires a license from the government. he finds that most of his competitors are selling fireworks at an extremely low price. he would like to make more money, so he decides to innovate and develop better fireworks. he sells his fireworks at a higher price, and they are a huge hit with the customers. after a few years, he earns enough profit to set up a bigger fireworks factory that complies with the government’s health and safety regulations. he even starts exporting fireworks overseas. which type of economy does this scenario describe?